Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4591
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- ma`at
- Pronunciation
- maw-at'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4591
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen, intransitively, to be (or causatively
- Source renderings
- suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective). Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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04591\ 4591 ma`at maw-at' a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective):--suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, X borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (X give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.